Information processing system and information processing method

Abstract

An information processing system includes an image processing apparatus and a server device, the image processing apparatus including: a read controller that reads a recording medium on which a first image is formed and in which identifying information of the first image is embedded and generates a second image; a detector that detects the embedded identifying information from the second image; and a first transmitter that transmits the detected identifying information and the second image to the server device, the server device including: a storage that stores an image and identifying information of the image in association with each other; a determining unit that determines whether the transmitted identifying information is stored in the storage unit; and a storage controller that, when it is determined that the transmitted identifying information is stored in the storage unit, stores the transmitted second image in association with the stored identifying information.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An information processing system, comprising:
 a server device; and 
 an image processing apparatus comprising:
 a read control circuit configured to:
 read a recording medium on which a first image is formed and in which first identifying information of the first image is embedded, 
 generate a second image including the first identifying information embedded within the second image, and 
 delete the first image from the recording medium; 
 
 a detector configured to detect the first identifying information embedded in the second image; and 
 a first transmitter configured to transmit the first identifying information and the second image to the server device, 
 
 the server device comprising:
 a storage configured to store an image and second identifying information of the image in association with each other; 
 a determining circuit configured to determine whether the first identifying information is stored in the storage; and 
 a storage control circuit configured to, when the determining circuit determines that the first identifying information is stored in the storage, store the second image in the storage in association with the second identifying information. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , wherein the server device further comprises a second transmitter configured to transmit a relative image that relates to the image stored in the storage in association with the first identifying information. 
     
     
       3. The information processing system according to  claim 2 , wherein the second transmitter transmits link information representing a link to the relative image. 
     
     
       4. The information processing system according to  claim 2 , wherein the second transmitter transmits positional information representing a position in which the relative image is stored. 
     
     
       5. The information processing system according to  claim 2 , wherein the second transmitter transmits the relative image to at least one transmission destination that is determined according to the relative image. 
     
     
       6. The information processing system according to  claim 2 , wherein the second transmitter transmits the relative image to a user who has authority to access the relative image. 
     
     
       7. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , wherein when the determining circuit determines that the first identifying information is stored in the storage, the storage control circuit replaces the image associated with the second identifying information with the second image. 
     
     
       8. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , wherein when the determining circuit determines that the first identifying information is stored in the storage, the storage control circuit does not delete the image associated with the second identifying information and additionally stores the second image in association with the second identifying information. 
     
     
       9. An information processing method, comprising:
 reading, by an image processing apparatus, a recording medium on which a first image is formed and in which first identifying information of the first image is embedded; 
 generating by the image processing apparatus a second image including the first identifying information embedded within the second image; 
 deleting, by the image processing apparatus, the first image from the recording medium; 
 detecting by the image processing apparatus, the first identifying information embedded in the second image; 
 transmitting, by the image processing apparatus, the first identifying information and the second image to a server device; 
 storing, by the server device, an image and second identifying information of the image in association with each other in a storage; 
 determining, by the server device, whether the first identifying information is stored in the storage; and 
 storing, by the server device when the server device determines that the first identifying information is stored in the storage, the second image in the storage in association with the second identifying information.